• Ministers promising to abolish amendment doubling overtime hours for doctors
    09/25/2023

    Czech Health Minister Vlastimil Válek and Czech Labor Minister Marian Jurečka have promised to submit an amendment to the Labor Code that would abolish the recently approved increase in overtime work for doctors. The U-turn on a legislation pushed through by the ruling parties came in response to growing anger on the part of thousands of doctors who have said they are already heavily overworked and will refuse to serve any overtime if the amendment comes into effect. The amendment allows the number of overtime hours medics work per year to roughly double – up to 832 hours for doctors and 1000 hours for paramedics.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Future Czech EU Commissioner to be nominated jointly by Pirates and Mayors
    09/25/2023

    The future Czech EU Commissioner is to be nominated jointly by the Pirate Party and the Mayors and Independents, lower house deputy speaker, Olga Richterová, announced on Sunday. She said the prime minister had confirmed that the nomination should be made jointly, as the parties ran together in the elections two years ago. Proposals can be submitted until October 1. Who will replace current EU Commissioner Věra Jourová, who has represented Czechia in the EU executive since 2014, will become clear after the European Parliament elections in the spring of 2024.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Hundreds attend reenactment of Battle of White Mountain
    09/25/2023

    Hundreds of people attended the reenactment of Battle of White Mountain, a turning point in Czech history that ended the anti-Habsburg uprising and the first part of the Thirty Years' War in 1620. The reenactment of the battle performed on Sunday by over 500 history enthusiasts was organized by the White Mountain civic association and the Knights of the Bohemian Crown for the 19th time this year. The popular event, held on the outskirts of Prague was also attended by actors and spectators from Poland, Germany and France.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Former Slovak leader Robert Fico says Czech president is interfering in Slovakia’s election campaign
    09/25/2023

    Robert Fico, former Slovak prime minister and leader of the Smer-Social Democracy Party, which is heading the polls ahead of Saturday's parliamentary elections, has criticized Czech President Petr Pavel for allegedly interfering in the election campaign. Speaking to journalists in New York, the Czech president said that Fico's views were in line with Russian propaganda and his victory in the elections could disrupt Czech-Slovak relations.

    Fico said that while he and Pavel have different views on the war in Ukraine, it is not something that should lead to a deterioration of relations between their two countries, adding that it was unacceptable to try to influence voters in this manner.

    The former Czech presidents Václav Klaus and Miloš Zeman openly expressed support for Fico ahead of this week's election.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Weather forecast
    09/24/2023

    Monday should bring partly cloudy skies and day temperatures between 18 and 22 degrees Celsius.

  • Czech children increasingly at risk from alcohol and drug addictions
    09/24/2023

    Experts point out that children under 15 have become increasingly prone developing alcohol and drug addictions in recent years. The head of the Child Help Line, Soňa Petrášková, said the number of "interventions" i.e., situations in which a worker has to call professional help to a child in trouble at the other end of the line are on the rise. Most often children overdose on alcohol, stimulants and cannabis, in that order.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Skoda Auto enters Vietnamese market
    09/24/2023

    Skoda Auto has entered the Vietnamese market where it plans to sell 30,000-40,000 vehicles annually by 2030. The first dealership opened in Hanoi this weekend offering Skoda’s Octavia, Superb, and Enyaq models. The company wants to replace the sales shortfall in China and Russia with new markets in Asia. Martin Jahn, a member of Skoda's board of directors, told reporters during the opening of the first Vietnamese dealership, that Skoda Auto also plans to enter the Thai, Malaysian or Indonesian markets.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Health minister wants to resume penicillin production in Czechia
    09/24/2023

    Health Minister Vlastimil Válek has said he wants to resume penicillin production in Czechia, so as to resolve the ongoing shortage of this medicine on the market. The health minister said on Czech Television that, if all goes according to plan, production of penicillin on the domestic market could start within a year and a half. Mr. Válek has come under fire from the opposition parties for failing to resolve the long fall-outs in some basic medicines, including penicillin, syrup antibiotics for children and insulin.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Czech kayaker Jiří Prskavec wins silver in London
    09/24/2023

    Czech kayaker Jiří Prskavec won his third silver at the World Championships in London on Saturday. The two-time world champion was beaten only by home favourite Joseph Clarke. Moroccan Mathis Sudi took the bronze. Prskavec has thus secured a spot in the upcoming Paris Olympics where he will defend his gold medal from Tokyo.

  • Man who stabbed schoolgirl while on drugs to remain in custody
    09/24/2023

    The man who stabbed a schoolgirl in Brno-Zidenice on Wednesday will remain in custody, prosecutor Iveta Eichlerová told reporters. The 37-year-old man, who was on drugs at the time of the attack, has been charged with attempted murder of a child under the age of 15, for which he faces a prison sentence of 15 to 20 years or an exceptional sentence. The man apparently selected his victim at random, running after the girl and stabbing her with a knife on the street. She was saved by witnesses who pacified him and held him captive until the police arrived. The young girl is reported to be in stable condition in intensive care.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

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